# [[User:bakytn|bakytn]] June 23rd 2008 - I would be very happy if there will be OpenMoko for CDMA (EVDO). Can't find right phone for my needs. OpenMoko is great! :D

# [[User:bakytn|bakytn]] June 23rd 2008 - I would be very happy if there will be OpenMoko for CDMA (EVDO). Can't find right phone for my needs. OpenMoko is great! :D

# [[User:slick666|slick666]] June 26th 2008 - I would definitely be interested in a CDMA phone. I'm currently on Verizon Wireless in the USA as well as many of my friends and family so to have an OpenMoko on CDMA would be a definite sell for me.

# [[User:slick666|slick666]] June 26th 2008 - I would definitely be interested in a CDMA phone. I'm currently on Verizon Wireless in the USA as well as many of my friends and family so to have an OpenMoko on CDMA would be a definite sell for me.

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# [[User:Mjpatey|Mjpatey]] 23:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC) - Very interested! I think you'll find that, though Verizon is very closed and proprietary, they have a lot of customers. To ignore them on an ideological basis seems self-defeating.

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20. --[[User:Mjpatey|Mjpatey]] 23:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC) - Very interested! I think you'll find that, though Verizon is very closed and proprietary, they have a lot of customers. To ignore them on an ideological basis seems self-defeating.

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# [[User:BillMcGonigle|Bill McGonigle]] 2008-07-15 - In the US, with Verizon at least, if you want to add a new phone, you call an 800 number and give them the ESN. That's it. I'm not sure that's such a terrible affront to freedom, despite being a minor inconvenience. Due to poor penetration of 3GPP in the US, not supporting CDMA probably reduces the addressable market by about 40%. LTE will star to ease this in perhaps four years. Until then, lots of folks won't be hacking on OpenMoko who otherwise could be.

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CDMA Version

Currently there is no such version planned.
The reason is simple:
Openmoko is about free phones.
We are currently not aware of any carrier using CDMA and supplying R-UIM (smartcards, similar to SIM cards in GSM networks).
Every phone needs to be provisioned by the carrier itself.
Most CDMA phones do not even have a R-UIM slot it seems.
Thus a CDMA Version is currently not feasible.

Verizon Wireless recently announced their ‘Any Apps, Any Device’ option for their customers in 2008. With this announcement, a CDMA2K-EVDO-based OpenMoko has become a distinct possibility.

Interest

This page is to suggest the possibility of a CDMA version of the OpenMoko and see if there would be any interest in accomplishing this:

Leave your nickname here if you are interested in a CDMA version.

NeoSpawn -- Being a current Verizon wireless user, they use a CDMA system, and so I would very much buy OpenMoko if it is a phone that I have full access. This would be unheard of, and honestly I think this would take off like a wildfire

dyous87 -- CDMA support for carriers such as Verizon wireless is all I would need to get this phone. If this comes out I would get it without having to think twice.

SteveoSupremo -- I am willing and able to do hardware design. And if FIC wants it I will sign a NDA.

RyanT5000 05:20, 28 November 2007 (CET) - I'm currently locked into a Verizon plan, and this phone seems clearly superior to all the Verizon phones (except for slide-out keyboards, which some prefer). If I understand correctly, Sprint's selection is almost as bad. OpenMoko could capture a huge segment of the CDMA high-end phone market, especially since there's no indication that a CDMA iPhone will be released any time soon.

Endingexodus Feb, 9th 2008 - As I currently use Verizon, I would very much like to see a Verizon compatible phone, I am in agreement with brusstoc, in which if openmoko is truly open, it would be compatible with as many carriers as possible. A higher price for a more specialized phone would not be terrible.

Swagger March 1st, 2008 - I'm currently a Sprint customer and I would LOVE a CDMA version of this phone. The current selection of smart phones is crap.

derekv March 22nd, 08 - Verizon Customer, I get good service with Verizon but their selection of phones is terrible. At the moment they only have one linux based phone, which is their cdma/gsm "worldphone". I'm curious to see how this "any device" thing is going to pan out. It could change everything. Having not looked at the hardware design, would it be possible for a phone to be configurable for different networks by having hardware modules? Even if the phone had to be taken apart, it would allow you to switch networks and travel more easily, as well as upgrade, while not having to pay for networks you don't want -- ideally -- perhaps -- maybe --

sarumont March 24th, 2008 - I'm currently a Sprint customer and I would LOVE a CDMA version of this phone. My HTC Touch is horrible, but the GSM carriers in the US are worse.

heathhey April 14th 2008 - I would gladly pay $600 for a cdma freerunner. I am moving to a rural area that is only serviced by CDMA carriers (Verizon, Sprint, Alltel). I'm currently trying to decide which of verizon's terrible phones I want to be saddled with for the next two years, and I would much rather it be the Freerunner.

wldtazm4 April 20th 2008 - I would be so happy if they opened it up for cdma I love verizon, but they don't have any phones that I like. this phone is an awsome phone by the looks of it...free runner all the way!

Will June 3rd 2008 - Telus Mobility. Most of Canada is now using CDMA (EVDO) for it's phone networks and this functionality would be very beneficial for me. The area I live in only has CDMA networks.

bakytn June 23rd 2008 - I would be very happy if there will be OpenMoko for CDMA (EVDO). Can't find right phone for my needs. OpenMoko is great! :D

slick666 June 26th 2008 - I would definitely be interested in a CDMA phone. I'm currently on Verizon Wireless in the USA as well as many of my friends and family so to have an OpenMoko on CDMA would be a definite sell for me.

Mjpatey 23:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC) - Very interested! I think you'll find that, though Verizon is very closed and proprietary, they have a lot of customers. To ignore them on an ideological basis seems self-defeating.

Bill McGonigle 2008-07-15 - In the US, with Verizon at least, if you want to add a new phone, you call an 800 number and give them the ESN. That's it. I'm not sure that's such a terrible affront to freedom, despite being a minor inconvenience. Due to poor penetration of 3GPP in the US, not supporting CDMA probably reduces the addressable market by about 40%. LTE will star to ease this in perhaps four years. Until then, lots of folks won't be hacking on OpenMoko who otherwise could be.

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CDMA Version

Currently there is no such version planned.
The reason is simple:
Openmoko is about free phones.
We are currently not aware of any carrier using CDMA and supplying R-UIM (smartcards, similar to SIM cards in GSM networks).
Every phone needs to be provisioned by the carrier itself.
Most CDMA phones do not even have a R-UIM slot it seems.
Thus a CDMA Version is currently not feasible.

Verizon Wireless recently announced their ‘Any Apps, Any Device’ option for their customers in 2008. With this announcement, a CDMA2K-EVDO-based OpenMoko has become a distinct possibility.

Interest

This page is to suggest the possibility of a CDMA version of the OpenMoko and see if there would be any interest in accomplishing this:

Leave your nickname here if you are interested in a CDMA version.

NeoSpawn -- Being a current Verizon wireless user, they use a CDMA system, and so I would very much buy OpenMoko if it is a phone that I have full access. This would be unheard of, and honestly I think this would take off like a wildfire

dyous87 -- CDMA support for carriers such as Verizon wireless is all I would need to get this phone. If this comes out I would get it without having to think twice.

SteveoSupremo -- I am willing and able to do hardware design. And if FIC wants it I will sign a NDA.

RyanT5000 05:20, 28 November 2007 (CET) - I'm currently locked into a Verizon plan, and this phone seems clearly superior to all the Verizon phones (except for slide-out keyboards, which some prefer). If I understand correctly, Sprint's selection is almost as bad. OpenMoko could capture a huge segment of the CDMA high-end phone market, especially since there's no indication that a CDMA iPhone will be released any time soon.

Endingexodus Feb, 9th 2008 - As I currently use Verizon, I would very much like to see a Verizon compatible phone, I am in agreement with brusstoc, in which if openmoko is truly open, it would be compatible with as many carriers as possible. A higher price for a more specialized phone would not be terrible.

Swagger March 1st, 2008 - I'm currently a Sprint customer and I would LOVE a CDMA version of this phone. The current selection of smart phones is crap.

derekv March 22nd, 08 - Verizon Customer, I get good service with Verizon but their selection of phones is terrible. At the moment they only have one linux based phone, which is their cdma/gsm "worldphone". I'm curious to see how this "any device" thing is going to pan out. It could change everything. Having not looked at the hardware design, would it be possible for a phone to be configurable for different networks by having hardware modules? Even if the phone had to be taken apart, it would allow you to switch networks and travel more easily, as well as upgrade, while not having to pay for networks you don't want -- ideally -- perhaps -- maybe --

sarumont March 24th, 2008 - I'm currently a Sprint customer and I would LOVE a CDMA version of this phone. My HTC Touch is horrible, but the GSM carriers in the US are worse.

heathhey April 14th 2008 - I would gladly pay $600 for a cdma freerunner. I am moving to a rural area that is only serviced by CDMA carriers (Verizon, Sprint, Alltel). I'm currently trying to decide which of verizon's terrible phones I want to be saddled with for the next two years, and I would much rather it be the Freerunner.

wldtazm4 April 20th 2008 - I would be so happy if they opened it up for cdma I love verizon, but they don't have any phones that I like. this phone is an awsome phone by the looks of it...free runner all the way!

Will June 3rd 2008 - Telus Mobility. Most of Canada is now using CDMA (EVDO) for it's phone networks and this functionality would be very beneficial for me. The area I live in only has CDMA networks.

bakytn June 23rd 2008 - I would be very happy if there will be OpenMoko for CDMA (EVDO). Can't find right phone for my needs. OpenMoko is great! :D

slick666 June 26th 2008 - I would definitely be interested in a CDMA phone. I'm currently on Verizon Wireless in the USA as well as many of my friends and family so to have an OpenMoko on CDMA would be a definite sell for me.

20. --Mjpatey 23:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC) - Very interested! I think you'll find that, though Verizon is very closed and proprietary, they have a lot of customers. To ignore them on an ideological basis seems self-defeating.